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Bill	CRIMINAL LAW-TECH	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "offense" for the purpose of inchoate offenses.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 6459	Illinois HB 6459 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2010-02-18	2010-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/37bc8280-cad7-4e34-8c7a-988ecca4062b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6459&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52487&SessionID=76&GA=96	f138db018ac448d3a097a0ddb1bf0d9ed536ad2f75af02f771a19ce805e85cad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6459 (96th) — CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "offense" for the purpose of inchoate offenses.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2010-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan filing
• 2010-02-18 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2010-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-22 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-12 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2010-03-15 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2010-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
• 2010-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-03-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2010-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2010-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2010-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2010-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-04-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-13 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2010-04-22 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
• 2010-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
• 2010-04-30 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-26 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1285 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37bc8280-cad7-4e34-8c7a-988ecca4062b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).